diff --git a/QSDM/source/go.mod b/QSDM/source/go.mod
index b02989e..75d57ce 100644
--- a/QSDM/source/go.mod
+++ b/QSDM/source/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.48.0
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.15.0
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.16.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.28
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/QSDM/source/go.sum b/QSDM/source/go.sum
index d65ebcf..9655414 100644
--- a/QSDM/source/go.sum
+++ b/QSDM/source/go.sum
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.39.0 h1:mww38eBYiUvdsu+Xl/GLlBC0Aa8M+5HAw
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.39.0/go.mod h1:Po2JugFEkDq9Vig/JXtc153ntOi0q58o4j7IuITCOVs=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.8.0 h1:QAK7RzKJpYe+EuSEATAaaHYMYLkPDGC18m9jxPLnU8s=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.8.0/go.mod h1:JMlxqcEyKwO6ox716eyC0hmiduSWZZl6JY93mGaaqc4=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.15.0 h1:cG7Cng2BT82WttmPFMi50gDNV+58K626m/wR00vGL1o=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.15.0/go.mod h1:lr4oE8bFgQaifRcoc2uWhWWiK6tPdOEKpUuR408GFN4=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.16.0 h1:j7G2C8kJwkcAQqYR7Wmq3d75d3Sgw/N0Hhiv0dVx7OY=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.16.0/go.mod h1:lr4oE8bFgQaifRcoc2uWhWWiK6tPdOEKpUuR408GFN4=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1 h1:cly48Xi5GjNw5Wq+7gmjfBiG9HCzQVkiZOUZ8kUl+Fg=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1/go.mod h1:T8itUkLcWQLCYMqtX7Th6r7SexyUJpIyPgks757td/E=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5 h1:HdwZj9NKovMx0vqq6YNPTh6aaNzey5zHD7HeLJtq6fI=